Night and day house number



Jan. 31, 1928. 1,657,967

w. A. KlcHLlNE NIGHT AND DAY HOUSE NUMBER Filed Jant 22. 1925 TTORN EY i Wilson A.Ifichline.

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VJlELSN A. KCHLINE, 0F BETlflLEI-IEM, PENNSYLVANA.

NG-Irrl `AND DAY HOUSE NUMBER.

Vthis invention relates to a device tor indicatinfg,` house numbers visually both by day and night, and contemplates the inclusion ot all necessary elements in a single housing so that the same may be readily ,at tached 'to or detached trom a door or post of a house and Withoutany noticeable injury to the door or Woodwork. i Y

One et the principal objects ot the inven tion is to produce a device ot this nature vwhich shall be simple oi construction, con sisting ott' teiv parts, cheap to mami'lacture, easily assembled and highly elhcient for the purpose tor which it is designed. i i

Another object is to produce a unit which may be secured to a house and which will normally during,` the day shouf the ownerlsI name and the house number.) and 'which at night may be illuminated by any one Wishing to obtain the same information.

Another object olf the invention is to ccmbine this mechanism With the ordinary letter-drop of a door so as to Ytorni a unit therewith whereby no peculiarly noticeable change oit appearancev may be effected in the door.

Janother object is to produce a device ot this nature which shall lend a graceful, artistic and attractive appearance to that to which itis attached.

lll/ith these and other objects in view. as will be more apparent, the invention consists in certain novel construction and combination and arrangement ot parts, the essen tia-l features ot which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated in the accompanying; drawing', in Whichzd Figure 1 is a Yliront elevation ot my device as applied. to a doorn y Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View oi. the saine.

Figure 3 is a tront elevation et the device with the housing moved on its hinge so as to expose the interior al1-rangement Lilre characters ot reference reifer to lilac parts in all the views n Referring to the drarvlnkff in detail, repu resents a door et a house through which `provided ordinary letter-drop 11.. llllhile the device here shown is indicated as attached to the door et the house, it is to be understood that it may be attached to the door-trame or to any other suitable portion oi? the house7 and that While :it is here shown as arranged in a lmriuoninl position, it .may

by obvious changes be arranged for application in a vertical position to the house.

The unit itsel' `is secured to the door by screws 12 or other suitable fastening means which pass through a rear Wall or back plate Attached to the Wall13 isa metallic strip lll- Which is formed With a letteihaperture 15 which registers with a similar aperture in the rear Wall 13 and With he aforesaid letter-drop 11v in the door. rllhe upper end of the plate 1l is provided with hinge elements 16 which are preferably 'termed as an .integral part ot the said plate 11i. t cover orllap 17 ot metal or other suitable material is hingedly secured to the hinge pin le which passes through the aforesaid element 16 and also through elements 19 formed on the said flap 17. rlhe flap' 17 is provided with suitable lettering; or other indicia 20 to indicate the presence of the letterlrop.

ll metallic case 21 is termed with hinge elements 22 Which are also co-operative with the hingepin 18 as clearly shown in Figure 1. The upper edge of the case 21 is provided With a linger 23 through `which thumb screw 24 passes into the door to hold the case in its normal closed position. The case is provided with an upper slot 25 and a liront slot 26 in which are mounted transparencies 2?" carrying respectively the name of the owner and the number of the house.

Secured to the bach plate or rear Wall 1B is a socket 28 carrying` a bulb 29. A Contact from the socket terms a spring1 loop 30, the end ot which normally stands over and dis connected 'from one or the poles 31 ot a battery 32 also secured to the rear plate 18. The other pole of the battery is shown at and entends into contact with the bulb socket so that when elements and 31 are connected a circuit is completed through the lamp 2Q and the same is lighted up whereby an il" lumination of the name und number shown on the transparencies 2T results.

A linger-piece 34: is mounted slidably on a pin 35 secured to the rear wall 13 and passes through slot or rguideivay 36. Formed in the upper edge ott the metallic casing 21 the lower' end or .linger-piece 34 is formed into a toe 37 spring" loop 30. i

ln operation, the various data which it is desired to impart is obviously readily discernible during the day time, and when it Which rests against the lll-5 is desired to obtain. this information. at nighh M0 the party desiring the inforn'laiion merely presses the iinger-pieee 34 down uni'il ille element 3() is brought into Contact with ille pole 3l. The lamp now being illuminated through the closingof the circuit renders the data at 27 readily discernible. Partienlar emphasis is laid upon ille laet i'llat ille entire device is self-eontained, ilia'; iirequires bui; a 'few moments Work by even an unskilled band io place tlle device in proper position, and iliai iiI it is later remorelil lfrom ille door or woodwork, ille same is not perulallenily injured in anyway, andren be lv'eadily repaired by iille use of a liiile pui'ity aud varnislr lll". is ai: iiimes desirable illai lille owner of iille l'nlilding be able to set the de'lfiee lo eonsianily illuminate ille numbers, and ior iliis purpose the slot 36 ie of that class known as a bayonet-slot provided with an upper llori- .Zontally extending,Y leg 38. By forcing tbe linger-piece inwardly and movingv it liorizontally so as io bringl the pin 35 into ille leg 38, ille linger-piece will be held in operative position and Jalle circuit will be held closed. It is of courSe understood iliat tbe slot or Way 36, is made suiiieiently broad to permit of the necessary lateral movement of ille iinger-piece liile l liave described what l deem to be the most desirable embodimenil oi' my invention, it' is obvious that many of ille paris may be Varied Without in any Way departing from the spirit of my invention, and I Leanser illereliore do noi; limii; myself io iille exaei'y deiails of construction llerein sllonn nor io anything less than itlie wllole of my invention limited only by ille appended claim.

llilliat l claim is In a deriee as set forill, ille eombinaiion llii'll a back plaie llal'ing a sloi parallel il'iiili and adjacent iis lower edge, oii a leti'er receiif'ing plaie secured i'o ille llaeli plaie and prorideijl wiill a slot regisierinnl wiiill ille iii-si' slei', ille upper edee oi ille leiier receiving plaie baring' binge elelllellis, a lei iered cover plaie llailiuo' billige elemellisv` :l closure casing llousl'lgr an il'llllllillaiilr;V means sulllporied on ille bael-i plaie, said rali ing baring binge elemeni's on ii'sI lower l'ree edge, a Single llinge pin operaiirel)v roll neeiing all iiln'ee seis oi binge elemenis, illereby pivoizally eonueeting; ille eorer plaie and elle easing io ijle leiter receivingl` plaie, a iiransparent number and name plaie earried by ilie easing io be illuminaied by iilie illumimliing` means, ille upper free edge olf said easing` having an upsianding;` aiiaelliile' ear igor securing said easing iio said bael; plaie in normal elosed posiiion, and means for Causing; iilie illuminatingl means io eller' a continuous illumination of ille iranslmrellir naine and number plaie carried by illle elosure easing.

ln iesiimony ll'llereol l allix my signaA iure.

Vl'lLSON A. KIUHLINIG. 

